Tributes

The world is still in shock after losing an icon.

Over the past few days, music fans all over the globe drifted between depression and disbelief, admiration and apprehension... why did this amazingly talented individual have to leave the world? Why at this young age? What now...?

Difficult to accept, difficult to move on.

So many people from so many cultures, brought together through grief. Sad.
But also beautiful. I don't remember ever seeing so many people show their love and gratitude for someone who just left our world. Well, it does remind me of Princess Diana's sudden passing and people's reaction back then. It's amazing, though, inspiring too. Now might be the time to bring up a quote by MJ himself:
"If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with."
If he could only see how right he'd be... Wow.

Well, we know one thing for sure, his music lives on forever! And it will continue to inspire generations to come... all people, everywhere...

Here are two MJ tributes by inmates at a detention center in the Philippines. One done in 2007, and one done just 10 hours after the shattering news arrived. 1500 inmates joined in, dancing to his songs with every heartbeat...

2007...

2009...


...And that was just one tribute to the late Idol... one out of millions.

MJ, you are truly loved!

And the more I think about it all, the more I realize how much you mean to me and to the entire world. Thank you!

Top of My Playlist

Right. Here are some of my current music addictions...

1. Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho): Positively amazing rhythmic tune, absolutely makes me wanna dance and sing aloooong!!! I know you want to listen to that song over and over again as well, right? :) (oh yeah, it's been on repeat on my iTunes... uno, dois, tres, quatro...)


2. Agnes - Release Me: Passionate song, beautifully sung... also #1 this week in City TV's Big50 :)


3. David Guetta ft Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over: I've said it before, I'll say it again - this is the perfect shout-along song, and I can imagine what would happen if people were to sing this at a karaoke or something... especially if they were all slightly on the tipsy side...


4. AR Rahman ft Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho: Oh yeah, another one of those great sing-along songs:)


5. Nevena ft Marius Moga - Zoom: Go, Bulgarian-Romanian-Greek combinations! See what great stuff we can do if we only work together... Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom - most addicting tune ever!


6. Cascada - Evacuate the Dancefloor: I'm infected by the sound... :)


7. The Veronicas - Untouched: What I love most about this song is its beginning, which makes me shiver... powerful things, those violins...


8. Akcent - Stay With Me: Seen as this summer is full of Romanian hits, I have to include a song by Akcent which features the oh-so-typically-Romanian accordion. And the video is sad... and then really cheesy in the end.


Basically, when these songs come on, I pump up the volume like there's no tomorrow and sing along while driving around Sofia. Yes, other drivers look at me like I'm crazy, but at least I'm having a great time even when I'm stuck in hour-long traffic jams! So if some crazy chick drives past you with music blasting extra loud, it's probably me... if you're in Sofia, that is.

Today's the Big Day... :)

If you're somewhere 'round Bulgaria this weekend, tune in to CityTV and watch the brand new, absolutely exciting edition of the BIG50 with Julie and Iliyan, 18:00-20:00 Sat., 14:00-16:00 Sun. Wooohooooo!

...my friends are all celebrity... ;)

Sinclar@Yalta, 26.06.09

Yesterday was a sad day for music. Probably everyone paid their own special tribute to the King of Pop, either by listening to nothing but Jacko all night, or called numerous toasts in honor of his greatness, or simply thought about the mysterious ways of life and death.

Here in Sofia, tributes started early; the first one I heard was a radio tribute at OMV gas station in the morning, then at the 3-in-1 BeatBox Battle in the evening. The final tribute, which technically ended at 6:30 in the morning, was in Yalta Club, Sofia, where we danced the night off under Bob Sinclar's beats and amazing music selections! What better way to pay respects to one incredible musician than by honoring another quite good one? Bob Sinclar totally pumped up the energy at the club, making it an unforgettable night (and morning...).

Here's to great music everywhere, all the time! Cheers!

RIP Michael Jackson

The world now mourns the loss of a King... but his music lives on forever!... it just won't stop!

Those wild, wild wallabies...

Raw Story:
OPIUM-EATING WALLABIES GET HIGH, MAKE CROP CIRCLES


SYDNEY (AFP) – Wallabies are getting “as high as a kite” on opium in Australian poppy fields and flattening crops as they hop round in circles, according to a report.

The marsupials, which look like small kangaroos, have been getting into medical opium crops in the southern island state of Tasmania and chewing on the plant’s intoxicating heads, state officials said.

“We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles,” state attorney-general Lara Giddings told a parliamentary estimates hearing.

“Then they crash. We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high,” local media reported Ms Giddings as saying.

Tasmania is the world’s largest producer of legally-grown opium for the pharmaceutical market, with about 500 farms supplying approximately 50 percent of the raw material for morphine and other opiate drugs.

Livestock and other animals, such as deer and sheep, which eat the plants had also been seen acting “weird,” industry spokesman Rick Rockliff said.

“There have been many stories about sheep that have eaten some of the poppies after harvesting and they all walk around in circles,” he said.
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How random is that?! Aren't wallabies adorably lollig? :)